SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT TRANSCEIVERS IN A MULTI-PAIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Patent 1240760

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EP 1 240 760 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.01.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	18.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/38

(21)	Application number: 00989372.8

(22)	Date of filing: 21.12.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04L 25/02, H04L 5/14, H04L 25/14, H04L 27/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0034/857

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0104/7184 (28.06.2001 Gazette 2001/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

23.12.1999 US 172102 P

(71)	Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
	Irvine, CA 92618-3616 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	CREIGH, John, L. Irvine, CA 92618-3616 (US)

(74)	Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell et al
	Boult Wade TennantVerulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT TRANSCEIVERS IN A MULTI-PAIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM